Chapter 4 "Sweet Regret"
I pushed the door of the gym open… I would destroy all of this with my own hands! I started beating up everyone… my fists making contact and breaking their bones… yes… and until now I still don't know the reason. Blood… it was everywhere… my long hair was whipping against my cheeks as I gave this raven-haired freshman a series of bone breaking blows. I even stooped so low as to slap a girl… what the hell is wrong with me? Kogure came and relayed my whole life telling me to stop… I hit him as well… nobody can stop me! I promised to destroy this team!!!
Why don't you go back? Go back? NO! I'm not wanted anymore… nobody needs someone like me. Rejection? Is that what I'm feeling now? Afraid that if I ask them they won't accept me… is that it? Belonging no where… and not being accepted… Rejection… No! I choose not to believe that!
The doors bolted open and revealed my rival from long ago… Akagi Takenori! He walked straight towards me and I stepped back. He raised his right hand and brought it down… hitting me on the cheek. Blood… that beautiful red liquid flowed from my mouth. My companions called… I ignored them. I squinted my eyes at him as he hit me again… and again… Am I allowing this? Why am I not fighting back? Do I actually deserve this? The pain flared all over my body as that red liquid trickled down my cheek. He looked at me, eyes intense… Fight! No… I couldn't anymore! I… I surrendered to my thoughts at that time… drowning in them… lost…
The doors opened yet again… se---sensei…? It came out a whisper as my thoughts came crashing down like a wave to the shore. He calmly walked towards us. Akagi stopped and everybody grew dead quiet. Anzai- sensei… I couldn't look at him… Those tears that mocked me in everyway fell down my bruised cheeks… drowning and chocking me… What happened? I know now… my life… everything just went wrong. How many years I never allowed anybody to see me cry but now… I can no longer hold it back… I slowly looked Anzai- sensei… I---I want to play basketball again… I choked up… everybody was staring at me as if they were digging through my very being. Coach Anzai put a hand on my shoulder and nodded… I promised I would never fight again…
I became the member of the basketball team again… the next day I cut my hair and joined my… well my former enemies… now they are all my teammates. Akagi is the team captain… maybe if I hadn't given up… it would have been me… I'm going to be the ace of Shohoku then! Because of my two years stop from basketball I lost my stamina… my knee which had a knee support still troubled me though… Kogure challenged me thinking just because I stopped for two years he can beat me… he was wrong! I still have my proper form… I'm at my best… Best? But this isn't my best! I know I can do better… I'm the MVP… the Most Valuable Player… Mitsui Hisashi… of the Shohoku Basketball Varsity!
a/n oi minna! If you're still reading my story until now… I just wanna say thank you! The next chapter is going to be the end… or maybe not… Sharon… thanks for the review! Hope you like the other chapters! Aspara… you baka! No yaoi here! I don't know how to write one you know! Yes yes… the plan! Maybe later! Sanzo… there… rukawa's there… if you didn't see or read… go read again! Don't forget to review minna! Ja ne!